I live in IL. What his then wife said in divorce papers shouldn't be part of his race. His sexual activities have nothing to do with him voting solid 'R' if he was elected.
The state of the R party in IL is something that fills me with more shame. I hate to admit it, but our evil-Dem gov Blagoyevich isn't 1/2 as bad as I thought he would be, which says a lot about our IL party here.
Once again, R's come off looking like sex-obsessed ninnies (as they were portrayed with Clinton in 'it's about the sex' crap).
Let's back up a second - I am not suggesting that the fellow isn't entitled to a private life, clearly he is. However, he must have realised that the Democrats would have uncovered this and used it against him, yet he gave the Republican leadership in IL assurances that he was clean. Thus his private vices were transformed by his irresponsibility into public liabilities. And for lacking the judgement to know that this is how it would turn out, he should be criticised.
As for Blagojevich, I believe that it wouldn't be difficult to be an improvement on George Ryan. ;)
Regards, Ivan